Hey
Name refers to the name of the model, you may also be interested in
$useTable = 'table_name' to specify a table name other than the plural of
your model name.
As for referring to two database tables in one view, you don't necessarily
need to have two controllers for this but you should have two models. Let
assume you have a User model and a UserType model (Where the users table
has a field named user_type_id)
*In your users model*
public $belongsTo = array('UserType');
*In your user type model*
public $hasMany = array('User');
*The query*
$users = $this->User->find('all', array('contain' => array('UserType'))); *//
Assuming recursive is -1 in your AppModel*
*Then you can access to the UserType like such*
foreach($users as $user) {
echo $user['UserType']['name'];
echo $user['User']['username'];
}
http://api.cakephp.org/2.5/source-class-Model.html#243-249
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/models/associations-linking-models-together.html
Hope this helps
On 20 May 2014 23:56, Andrew Barry <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have just started cakephp and got working an example.
>
> if you look at a hello world example from cakephp then I have these files.
> I have a table name called users and looking at the blog tutorial that
> name users should refer to a database name .
>
> q1)My example works but what is correct? Is the name 'users' a table or
> databasename?
>
> q2)How do I refer to 2 database tables in the 1 view as do I need another
> model and controller for every database table I access?
>
> http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/tutorials-and-examples/blog/part-two.html
>
> <?php
> class User extends AppModel
> {
> var $name='User';
> }
> ?>
>
> <?php
> class UsersController extends AppController
> {
> var $name='Users';
> function index()
> {
> }
> }
> ?>
>
> <html>
>
> <?php
>
> /*http://127.0.0.1/cakephp/users/ */
> echo "Hello World";
> ?>
> </html>
>
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